A quote about Language

Christianity is based on revelation coming from a universal stratum – God’s mind.  God gave the church revelation.  The source of that revelation (God) holds universal norms which never change, giving language and the transmission of those ideas a firm basis that cannot fluctuate and always make logical sense.  It is not that one uses logic simply based on logical principles, but that those logical principles are based on God.  It is God’s logic that rational people use to think about Him based on the revelation that He gave men both naturally and specially.  How, then, does language help men understand concepts?  Language is the bearer of meaning because words are arbitrary signs the mind uses to tag thoughts.  Communication is possible because all minds have some thoughts in common (even a priori forms of the mind that all have in common).  God created man as a rational spirit who thinks and uses logic.  Language is logical because it expresses logical thought.  Even though men are fallen, and the noetic affects of sin ruin man’s mind, this does not mean that man cannot think.  He can think, but his thinking is darkened by sin until the Holy Spirit changes his mind to think rightly.  Language, therefore, is built on the logic God gave men as tools to think.


Dr. C. Matthew McMahon